Steve0
Player Valuation: £35m
Haha, you really think any football body (FA, UEFA, FIFA) cares for match going fans ? The vast majority of the money comes from TV etc. so they are not really arsed about the money fans generate, I also think they will "augment" or some cute description the crowd noise in the very near future, so crowds become less important.
Winning the league would be brilliant but with those 6 teams not in it would it be a worthy win ? I am not sure, I think there would be a greater shedding of fans to the bigger clubs (as has happened anyway) so the league left could collapse without the bigger teams.
Part of the PL brand is the full stadia and in particular the strong presence of away fans. Hence the £250,000 grant to teams to boost away followings and the £30 cap for away tickets.
And the proposal to have away fans seated pitch side.
Teams also have to do all they reasonably can to get an average home attendance of 90% capacity. It's why Sunderland were practically giving away tickets.
In summary, you're wrong. They don't care about the fans per se but they do care about profits and empty stadia do not a successful enterprise make.